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Friday, March 23, 2012

To Tweet, Or Not To Tweet

To tweet, or not to tweet: that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The gossip and quips of outrageous tweeting,
Or to take arms against a world of 140 characters,
And by opposing end them. To die: untweeted
No more; and by a non-tweet to say we end
The heart-ache & the thousand tweeps I’ll not meet
That Tweeple are heir to: this a perfect ending

Devoutly to wish. To tag, to be followedTo be followed, perchance —ay, there's the rub:
For in that following what tweets may come,

In case something was lost in the
translation, or you find Shakespeare as confusing as I do, here is my
question in plain old American: Should I join the Twitterverse? I am finally testing the waters of tweeting. I set up an account, got the app on my phone, started following a few peeps, but my account remains untweeted. I am concerned that twitter, like every other social network, will pull me in and eat up even more time. Or will it save time because I can learn everything in need to know in 140 characters? How do people manage it all? Is it all worth managing? If you feel inclined, please comment on today's muse. Tweets and retweets are optional.

What great tweeting insight. I think I'll give it a go, but not be manic and update every second, (thanks mooderino, jnana and D.G.), reTweet posts and pull up some Tweet Decks,(as soon as I found out what they are. Thanks Alex), and look forward to meeting some really nice people like Marian, who I'm already following.